Patna, Aug 22: A 35-year old Patna resident who got injured during Narendra Modi's Hunkar rally two years ago would be operated upon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Patna on August 29.

A splinter from the blast was lodged in the patient's lung for around two years. Noted Bhubaneshwar-based surgical oncologist Madhabnanda Kar would perform the surgery with AIIMS-Patna doctors.

AIIMS sources said the splinter got stuck in the patient's lungs during the blast at Gandhi Maidan on October 27, 2013. The patient was initially taken to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) where he received treatment for a few days. Later, he was referred to a private hospital where a surgery was performed to remove the splinter. The surgery was a failure but this was not communicated to the patient.

"The patient was suffering from haemoptysis (coughing up blood) in the first six months after the blast. After that his condition improved a little with medication. However, with passage of time, pus was forming near the affected area and the patient complained of continuous pain. He came to AIIMS-Patna two months ago and we got to know about his condition after a CT scan. Initially, we decided to go for an open surgery but later decided to do video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery because we don't need to do much incision in this case. We would do a small incision to bring out one or two segments of the lung that is affected. There are altogether nine segments in the lung," said an AIIMS-Patna doctor on condition of anonymity.

The doctor further said: "We would insert a tiny camera through the side wall of the chest. The thoracoscope would transmit images of the chest onto a video monitor to guide the surgery."

The surgery would be part of a two-day workshop at AIIMS-Patna on August 29 and August 30. Directors of all seven AIIMS (New Delhi, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Raipur, Rishikesh and hosts Patna) will participate. All live surgeries would be conducted through minimally invasive technique using laparoscopy.

Another surgery to be taken up is related to facial deformity in which tumour would be removed from the forehead of a patient, through a facelift surgery. "Usually in this kind of surgery, doctor makes an incision on the forehead, but during facelift surgery, the incision has to be made behind the patient's hair so that no scar is left," said Prashant Kumar, a doctor at AIIMS-Patna's surgery department.

"Noted Bhubaneshwar-based laparoscopic surgeon Shailesh Puntambekar and PGI Chandigarh-based doctor Atul Parashar would be among those who participate in the two-day workshop," said Sanjeev Kumar, organising secretary of the workshop and head of cardio-thoracic department at AIIMS-Patna.